# Transportation Challenges May Increase Elevator Costs in 2019 -

> CoBank's new report warns of transportation challenges in 2019. Elevators are shipping soybeans to St. Louis for barge loading and Gulf export as Chinese tariffs push business to other markets. A shortage of truck drivers is expected to raise labor costs for elevators and truckers.

- Date: 2018-12-14 · published 2018-12-14T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: logistics · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/61754-transportation-challenges-may-increase-elevator-costs-in-2019
- Commodities: [Barge Freight (St. Louis)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BARGE.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher trucking and labor costs raise the delivered cost of grain and soymeal from interior origins, which can widen basis and lower farm-gate bids. Rerouting through St. Louis barges adds to the cost of moving beans to export markets.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- BARGE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SOY | 2019-06-27 | [Grain Journal \| 2019 Flooding Challenges Grain Transportation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/58496-grain-journal-2019-flooding-challenges-grain-transportation.md) | -1.0% | -1.3% |
| SOY | 2022-05-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, May 19, 2022](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41438-grain-transportation-report-may-19-2022.md) | +1.1% | +2.8% |
| SOY | 2019-04-04 | [Grain Transportation Report, April 4, 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59480-grain-transportation-report-april-4-2019.md) | +0.4% | -7.6% |
| SOY | 2024-12-19 | [Grain Transportation Report, December 19, 2024](https://feedsoft.ai/events/16488-grain-transportation-report-december-19-2024.md) | +3.8% | +8.6% |
| SOY | 2021-06-01 | [Grain Transportation Report, June 24, 2021](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46468-grain-transportation-report-june-24-2021.md) | +1.9% | -11.3% |

## Sources

- allagnews.com: https://www.allagnews.com/transportation-challenges-may-increase-elevator-costs-in-2019/

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